ARRA funds improvements to west side of Wilson Hall
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Fermilab used Recovery Act funds to make improvements to the outdoor, ground floor entrance area of the west side of Wilson Hall. |
Construction workers have entered the final phase of the Wilson Hall generator installation project. By late September, Fermilab will use about $160,000 in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to complete safety upgrades and landscaping on the west side of the high-rise.
Workers from Don Bohr and Sons Inc., a subcontractor for Pandecon Inc., have widened the entrance to the Medical Office to 9 feet so that they can install a double door.
“This will help emergency personnel better access the medical area if they have to get somebody out,” said Jim Niehoff of Fermilab’s Facilities Engineering Services Section.
The construction crew recently renovated the sidewalks approaching the medical entrance and lowered the curbs to allow emergency vehicles to park closer to the doors. The crew eventually will create a 50-by-20-foot walkway paved with red concrete between Wilson Hall and the Linac.
The colored pavement area will caution vehicles to reduce speed where pedestrians cross, Niehoff said.
Last month workers planted new grass and six honey locust trees near the entrance. In August they will install a bike rack in a newly paved area that will accommodate parking for 16 bicycles and five motorcycles. Crews also will add new benches and redo the exterior lighting.
--Kathryn Grim
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